Australia\'s Star Entertainment beats interim profit estimate, shares jump

By Poonam Behura (Reuters) -Australian casino operator Star Entertainment posted a smaller-than-expected drop in first-half profit on Thursday amid intense competition and lower discretionary spending, sending its shares sharply higher in early trade. Shares of the cash-strapped casino operator jumped more than 5% to A$0.505 by 0015 GMT, outperforming the benchmark stock index which was...

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BHP to restructure some global corporate roles as it looks to trim costs

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The world\'s biggest listed miner BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) said on Thursday it was disbanding some global teams and transferring those roles covering functions including planning, environment and heritage protection to its mining asset-level management. BHP employs more than 80,000 people in staff and contractors around the world and the announcement comes after...

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